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An Airman from the 823d Base Defense Squadron, fires a .50 Caliber M2 machine gun during a heavy weapons qualification, Dec. 13, 2017, at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla. Airmen shot at targets with the M2 to maintain their proficiency and familiarize themselves with the weapon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Janiqua P. Robinson)


I'd be a terrible gunner

An Airman from the 823d Base Defense Squadron, fires a .50 Caliber M2 machine gun during a heavy weapons qualification, Dec. 13, 2017, at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla. Airmen shot at targets with the M2 to maintain their proficiency and familiarize themselves with the weapon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Janiqua P. Robinson)

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Senior Airman Nicholas Ward, left, and fellow 3d Air Support Operations Group Tactical Air Control Party specialist Airman 1st Class Jaron Maddox, records target threat areas to relay to pilots during a close-air support exercise as part of a Ft. Irwin, Calif. National Training Center rotation, Feb. 20, 2018. During the month-long rotation, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing units embedded with approximately 4,000 soldiers in the largest force-on-force live-fire exercise in the world. The 93d AGOW provided tactical air control party support to enhance interoperability for major combat operations downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)
Airman 1st Class Christopher Beeson, 3d Air Support Operations Group Tactical Air Control Party specialist, smiles prior to co-directing an air strike during a rotation at Ft. Irwin, California’s National Training Center, Feb. 20, 2018. During the month-long rotation, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing units embedded with approximately 4,000 soldiers in the largest force-on-force live-fire exercise in the world. The 93d AGOW provided tactical air control party support to enhance interoperability for major combat operations downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)
Senior Airman Joseph Schwartz, 14th Air Support Operations Squadron Joint Terminal Attack Controller, communicates target locations to pilots during a close-air support exercise as part of a Ft. Irwin, Califor., National Training Center rotation, Feb. 22, 2018. During the month-long rotation, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing units embedded with approximately 4,000 soldiers in the largest force-on-force live-fire exercise in the world. The 93d AGOW provided tactical air control party support to enhance interoperability for major combat operations downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)
Live-bombs delivered by aircraft from the guidance of 93d Air Ground Operations Wing Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, explode on a simulated battlefield during a rotation at Ft. Irwin, California’s, National Training Center, Feb. 22, 2018. During the month-long rotation, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing units embedded with approximately 4,000 soldiers in the largest force-on-force live-fire exercise in the world. The 93d AGOW provided tactical air control party support to enhance interoperability for major combat operations downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)
Staff Sgt. Michael Laird, National Training Center Joint Terminal Attack Controller observer, coach and trainer, radios in moving-target threats to pilots during a live-bomb exercise as part of Ft. Irwin, California’s NTC pre-deployment rotation, Feb. 22, 2018. During the month-long rotation, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing units embedded with approximately 4,000 soldiers in the largest force-on-force live-fire exercise in the world. The 93d AGOW provided tactical air control party support to enhance interoperability for major combat operations downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from the 93d Air Ground Operations Wing communicate target locations to pilots during a live-bomb exercise as part of Ft. Irwin, California’s National Training Center pre-deployment rotation, Feb. 22, 2018. During the month-long rotation, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing units embedded with approximately 4,000 soldiers in the largest force-on-force live-fire exercise in the world. The 93d AGOW provided tactical air control party support to enhance interoperability for major combat operations downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)
An Army AH-64 Apache Guard flies past U.S. Army soldiers in the Mojave Desert mountains while staking out a simulated battlefield during a rotation at Ft. Irwin, California’s National Training Center, Feb. 23, 2018. During the month-long rotation, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing units embedded with approximately 4,000 soldiers in the largest force-on-force live-fire exercise in the world. The 93d AGOW provided tactical air control party support to enhance interoperability for major combat operations downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kristopher Day-Bottai, 3d Air Support Operations Group weather forecaster, discusses the importance of providing Army assets with accurate weather during an interview for pre-deployment training at Ft. Irwin, California’s National Training Center, Feb. 21, 2018. During their month-long NTC rotation, Air Force weather assets from the 93d Air Ground Operations Wing advised, trained and assisted Army units to exploit weather and environmental conditions as they battled mock adversaries. As the Army’s sole weather support asset, the training maximized integration in a hostile environment to enhance interoperability and assure mission success. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)
Weather forecasters from the 3d Air Support Operations Group assemble a tactical meteorological observing system during a pre-deployment rotation at Ft. Irwin, California’s National Training Center, Feb. 21, 2018. During their month-long NTC rotation, Air Force weather assets from various units within the 93d Air Ground Operations Wing advised, trained and assisted Army units to exploit weather and environmental conditions as they battled mock adversaries. As the Army’s sole weather support asset, the training maximized integration in a hostile environment to enhance interoperability and assure mission success. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Greg Nash)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Byrne, 3d Air Support Operations Group, Detachment 3 staff weather operator, analyzes weather forecasts during pre-deployment rotation training at Ft. Irwin, California’s, National Training Center, Feb. 19, 2018. During their month-long NTC rotation, Air Force weather assets from various units within the 93d Air Ground Operations Wing advised, trained and assisted Army units to exploit weather and environmental conditions as they battled mock adversaries. As the Army’s sole weather support asset, the training maximized integration in a hostile environment to enhance interoperability and assure mission success. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Greg Nash)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Mantyh, left, looks on as fellow 3d Weather Squadron weather forecaster Senior Airman Christopher Obregon, conducts a weather reading during pre-deployment training at Ft. Irwin, California’s National Training Center, Feb. 19, 2018. During their month-long NTC rotation, Air Force weather assets from various units within the 93d Air Ground Operations Wing advised, trained and assisted Army units to exploit weather and environmental conditions as they battled mock adversaries. As the Army’s sole weather support asset, the training maximized integration in a hostile environment to enhance interoperability and assure mission success. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Greg Nash)
Senior Airman Dylan Olson, 11th Air Support Operations Squadron radio maintainer, embraces the cold in the Mojave Desert before helping guide F-16 Fighting Falcons through close-air support training at Ft. Irwin, Calif., during a National Training Center pre-deployment rotation, Feb. 20, 2018. Using Army support weather forecasters specialized meteorology skills, Air Force Tactical Air Control Parties helped maneuver aircraft through harsh winds in a safe manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Greg Nash)